Part-time work in Australia has tripled in the past 40 years, reaching the second highest level in the world, but part-time jobs are not lower paid or of poor quality, according to new Productivity Commission research.
Bench confirms appeals available on extensions of time; High Court refuses special leave against CFMEU false imprisonment case; Wages share of economy reaches 43-year low; Productivity up 2%, unit labour costs up marginally in year to March; Della Bosca under fire; and ACTU's Walton moving to APESMA.
A former school teacher who resigned after being overworked, harassed and victimised has won a damages payout of almost $400,000, after a court found the South Australia's education department breached the implied common law duty of mutual trust and confidence.
An employee dismissed for failing to return to work on time after becoming sick while overseas has won 13 weeks compensation pay plus outstanding sick leave, the AIRC has ruled.
Qantas, unions to talk again next week; Holden to close engine plant, shed jobs; Seafarers can't refuse to board, says AIRC; WA IRC declares teacher bargaining over; No backdown from Rudd on public servant work hours; Nelson reiterates Coalition's IR position; and What price dinner with the Minister?
Employees who transfer to a new employer in a transmission of business are required to serve a six month qualifying period - unless they expressly agree to forgo it - before they can claim unfair dismissal and be entitled to a redundancy payout for their prior service, an AIRC full bench majority has found.
Unions and employers have begun using the provisions in the Rudd Government's transitional IR legislation allowing the variation and extension of pre-reform agreements for up to three years, with the AIRC extending at least four agreements last month.
The AIRC has reinstated an interstate truck driver sacked by Linfox Australia Pty Ltd for refusing a drug and alcohol test, after finding the company failed to explain the testing regime and wasn't authorised to conduct more than one test a year on each employee.
The Rudd Government's commitment to abolish key planks of Work Choices has put the future of Victoria's Office of the Workplace Rights Advocate under a cloud, with state IR Minister Rob Hulls today announcing an open-ended review of its role.
